These work nice in a black/green deck with a few Painsmith's.
Posted By:
brownkidd
(10/17/2010 10:40:36 AM)
I hated this card when I first saw it; pay to infect on a 1/1?! BAH!!
But really it's a nifty little snake. I can swing on turn 2 in poison decks, it's the only infect card that can be used to deal regular damage (albet not very much), it gives Necrotic Ooze the ability to gain infect itself (a huge enabler for an Ooze win condition), and it's an artifact that's 1 mana (an important number for Trinket Mage and other cog cards) that you don't mind sacrificing! Casual will like him and he may be a narrow sideboard to speed up poison/proliferate decks.
Posted By:
LeafWheels
(10/27/2010 10:36:42 PM)
At least the art is cool.
Posted By:
Test-Subject_217601
(11/10/2010 9:08:00 PM)
sorry but this creature is awefull.
Turn 1 swamp : Vector wasp
Turn 2 swamp + oh wait I only have 1 mana to cast a creature because I need to pay 1 mana for my vector vasp, otherwise he's a useless 1/1.
instead I prefer :
turn 1 forest : Llanowar elf/bird of paradise
turn 2 swamp : Cystbearer or ichor rat
Turn 3 forest : cystbearer or ichor rat and buff him with 3 giant growth (or any other buff that give +3 to power like vampire bite) or even 2 groundswell or vine of vastwood kicked. for a total of 10 counter
Posted By:
Sorxores
(11/14/2010 12:31:22 PM)
The good thing about him is you can choose to cause normal damage instead of poison damage, when it's relevant. (Also good with Necrotic Ooze, who's also good with Skitty.)
Posted By:
Luke_BPC
(11/22/2010 6:08:16 PM)
I desagree with maj inara. It can fit in a Proliferate deck, not only in a Infect deck. Turn two, attack to put a poison counter on your opponent. Then, you can use it to deal "normal" damage to your opponent if it's your main goal, or to put a -1/-1 to a creature blocking it. Then your other proliferate card will put additional poison counter on your opponent or -1/-1 counter... Late in the game, a good target for Throne of Geth.
It's a very decent blocker too (not like "B: regenerate", ok...).
Further more, it's the only 1CMC artifact creature in standard (November 2010), and the only common artifact creature card in standard below 2CMC (Memnite and Ornithopter are uncommon). So he can fit in a 3-4 colors deck... It's also the only permanent with infect at 1CMC, and the other card with infect at 1CMC is black too - Tainted Strike.
Well... Turn one, Vector Asp. Turn two: Demonic Appetite if your opponent doesn't play ... (see all)
Posted By:
nimzo
(11/29/2010 10:03:45 AM)
this card is good. he can kill ppl with either damage, or poison. He buffs necrotic ooze, is an artifact so he helps just about any card that interacts with them and can be a handy prototype portal target. with a few voltaic keys out, you can get an army of asps. also if you attack with say, 3 of the asps and they only block one or two, you don't have to pump the blocked ones, you can but you don't have to. If he had infect naturally he wouldn't cost 1 colorless, he'd cost more. he fits into the mana curve nicely so people should stop ripping on him just because memnite is the coolest card ever.
Posted By:
ChampionofSquee
(11/29/2010 8:53:19 PM)
Since early infect damage is the most important, I'm in agreement with the players who support the asp.
Posted By:
themlsna
(1/15/2011 3:21:15 PM)
Drop him first turn and swing fearlessly, if he gets through then activate his ability. If he gets Naturalized or blocked, so what? It means one of a few things:
1. Your opponent just wasted removal on your 1 drop common.
2. The blocking creature will likely have a -1/-1 counter on it now, subjecting it to the proliferate mechanic.
I take Vector Asp over Fume Spitter and other one drops since Vector Asp can be used with Throne of Geth and to pay the equipping cost of Piston Sledge and as a colourless {1} cost artifact he is always easily playable in {B}{G} and can be fetched with cards like Ancient Stirrings.
Posted By:
tcollins
(2/13/2011 6:23:07 PM)
Who said you have to use his ability? a 1/1 artifact creature for 
can be useful in standard when you are already running four memnites alongside your tempered steels and pests. It's good for metalcraft as well. his infect ability is incidental.
Posted By:
jsttu
(3/25/2011 7:14:41 PM)